Я забронировал стол в ресторане.

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Breakdown of Я забронировал стол в ресторане.

• в: in
• стол: the table
• ресторан: the restaurant

Questions & Answers about Я забронировал стол в ресторане.

What does забронировал mean, and why is it used here?

Забронировал is the past-tense, masculine, singular form of the perfective verb забронировать (“to reserve, to book”). By using the perfective aspect, it tells us that the action (“to book a table”) is completed. So Я забронировал means “I have booked” or simply “I booked.”

Why is стол in this form with no preposition?

Here стол (“table”) is the direct object of the verb забронировал, so it takes the accusative case. Since стол is an inanimate masculine noun, its accusative form looks the same as the nominative (стол).

Why is ресторане used after в, and why does it end in -е?

When you use в to indicate location (“in a place”), the noun goes into the prepositional case. For masculine nouns like ресторан, the ending changes to -е: в ресторане means “in the restaurant.”

How would this sentence change if a woman said it?

In Russian past-tense verbs agree with the subject’s gender. A female speaker would say Я забронировала стол в ресторане, with забронировала ending in -а.